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Philippopolis AE31 Moushmov 5185 of Commodus

Commodus AE31 of Philippopolis, Thrace. AY K AI AYP KOMODOC, laureate head right / HGE KAI CEPOVEILIOV FILIPPOPOLEITWN, Nike with palm branch in slow biga right. SGI 1931, BMC 18.

Lot No.1134. AE31.

$ 225.

Commodus was the son of Marcus Aurelius and was made co-emperor in 177 AD. He was a megalomaniac who fancied himself the reincarnation of Hercules, and was killed in 192 AD.